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Looking for a workaround to install a personal certificate in a mandatory profile

I have recently set up mandatory profiles for a PC image I am creating and I have been able to set up everything I need in the profiles via group policy with the exception of one major item. Apparently mandatory profiles do not allow the…
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User Profile Migration - Windows 7

We are currently looking for a solution to migrate user data from one PC to another. Our PC's are leased and have to be replaced every few years. We have over 400 locations in rural parts of North America. Only a handful of these locations (20…
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Windows Server 2012 issue with User logins and User Profile Disks

Currently having an issue on a server that is impacting all users. When any user logs in they are brought to a temp profile. I have tried all of the fixes in regards to the registry profile list, as .bak users are created, but none of that is…
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upgrade Active directory 2003 to 2012R2 profile user

I have problem about profile user I have a Domain with 2 domain controller (both of them is 2003) and install new domain controller (windows 2012R2) some user in domain when login to domain all of data move to temporary folder then create new…
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User State Migration Tool - Does this create the profile on the machine?

I am on a domain without roaming profiles. We are looking at possibly implementing the User Stat Migration Tool with our MDT server, but I have a few questions first. Using the USMT, can you effectively create a profile on a new machine without…
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How to set specific user profile path on EC2 Windows server?

I want to create a new local user on EC2 Windows 2012 R2 server and specify its profile folder explicitly. I do the following net user SomeUser Pwd /ADD /HOMEDIR:C:\Users\SomeUser /PROFILEPATH:C:\Users\SomeUser The user has been created…
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How to copy a file to common desktop (how to address common desktop) with Group Policy?

Using Group Policy Object > User > Preferences > Windows Settings > Files I can copy a file to user desktop using a target file name like this: %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\targetfile.txt. Now I'm trying to do similar task, using Group Policy > Computer >…
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How to login without system profile?

I am receiving 0x80070002 file missing error on starting server. server is running windows server 2008 r2. After researching i got to this page…
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User with saved Windows profile not able to login remotely

When we set up computers, we always connect it to our company domain after we add the user into our Active Directory. So the next time we reboot the system we can login with the user credentials since we haved joined it to the domain. Usually, once…
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Removed AD User, Need to Associate Existing Profile to New Account

Some details Server 2012 R2 (AD Server) Windows 7 (Users Computer) Accidentally removed an AD User, stupid mistake. Unfortunately it seems the user was permanently deleted (didn't make use of the recycle bin). Also checked the 'Deleted Objects',…
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Duplicated domain admin user profile?

Our domain admin logon on PCs or Servers used to have only one profile located on c:\users\administrator Somehow, now we got a duplicated profile called c:\users\administrator.domain Does anyone know why? Win 7 sp1 Win 2008 R2 Win 2012 R2
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Windows 7 not saving settings

I am using Windows Server 2008 and I created a Windows 7 user. I have installed all software on my Windows 7 computer, but when I restart Windows 7 it reverts to its previous state without saving my new settings. For example, I put the My Computer…
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Issue loading .profile

I am setting up a user profile for a specific application and I am getting an error that I have yet to encounter before. The error happens on with the loading of the .profile file, but the odd thing is that the clone of this server doesn't have the…
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How to stop application creating new settings folder within 'Application data'?

In Windows 2003, Document and settings folder a user is experiencing a problem where the application ('Toad') keeps creating a new settings folder at each logon instead of using only the first one i.e. 9.7. For example folder below contains folders…
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Deleting user profiles on a remote windows 7 machine?

Is it possible to remotely delete a user profile on a Windows 7 machine, using something like mmc? (and I mean where you delete the registry entries too not just the folder)
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